A new study from the Rand Corp. refutes the notion that medical malpractice reform will generate major savings, reports The Washington Post.

President Obama has brought in Ron Klain, a crisis-response operative and former chief of staff to two vice presidents, to handle the government’s response to Ebola, reports The New York Times.

The establishment of a national, centralized database with multiple partners and disparate EHR systems is doable, according to a study published in eGEMS (Generating Evidence & Methods to improve patient outcomes).

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is hosting a series of “Learning What Works” events as part of its new Data for Health initiative to identify ways to harness data to improve health.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has launched a new initiative to encourage new accountable care organizations to form in rural and underserved areas and current Medicare Shared Saving Program ACOs to transition to arrangements with greater financial risk.

With 10 million individuals in the U.S. now on insurance rolls thanks to the Affordable Care Act, many worried that the already overburdened industry would burst at the seams. A UCLA study appears to put some of those concerns to rest, reports California Healthline.

Implementation of the coverage expansions in the Affordable Care Act resulted in higher enrollment and total overall spending growth in Medicaid during fiscal years 2014 and FY 2015, but full federal government financing of the Medicaid expansion population means that state Medicaid spending has grown more slowly than total spending, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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